Greetin's from the south, y'all!
So one day, a few weeks ago, I was shaving with my Gillette Fusion and not having a good time of it. The thought occured to me: I am holding a battery powered, vibrating piece of plastic to my face.
I am shaving with a dildo.
Worse, I'm paying ~$4/week (cartridge) to do it.
Well that was the end of that. I did some research (maybe not enough), and today my merkur futur and tube of proraso arrived from North Palm Springs, care of classicshaving.com. Incidentally, CS matched the price and then some on the futur, which I had found for $5 less elsewhere. Okay, shameless plug over.
Research has indicated that I'd prefer Boar over badger. My preference is for more "scrub" than soft, so I copped out and got a boar brush. I'll see how that works out for a couple weeks and then I might step up to a vulfix or the E&C brush. So I've been shaving with Williams mug soap for a few weeks and here arises my newbie question:
How do I shave with tube cream? With the mug soap it was obvious enough for someone like me to pick up on. But with tube cream, is it like toothpaste on a toothbrush? Do I soak the brush and just squeeze the tube onto it?
Thanks in advance, and it really looks like a great community you guys have here, I hope to be a part of it. Strip clubs and shaving seem to be the last bastion of masculinity, and I don't carry enough one dollar bills for the former.
So one day, a few weeks ago, I was shaving with my Gillette Fusion and not having a good time of it. The thought occured to me: I am holding a battery powered, vibrating piece of plastic to my face.
I am shaving with a dildo.
Worse, I'm paying ~$4/week (cartridge) to do it.
Well that was the end of that. I did some research (maybe not enough), and today my merkur futur and tube of proraso arrived from North Palm Springs, care of classicshaving.com. Incidentally, CS matched the price and then some on the futur, which I had found for $5 less elsewhere. Okay, shameless plug over.
Research has indicated that I'd prefer Boar over badger. My preference is for more "scrub" than soft, so I copped out and got a boar brush. I'll see how that works out for a couple weeks and then I might step up to a vulfix or the E&C brush. So I've been shaving with Williams mug soap for a few weeks and here arises my newbie question:
How do I shave with tube cream? With the mug soap it was obvious enough for someone like me to pick up on. But with tube cream, is it like toothpaste on a toothbrush? Do I soak the brush and just squeeze the tube onto it?
Thanks in advance, and it really looks like a great community you guys have here, I hope to be a part of it. Strip clubs and shaving seem to be the last bastion of masculinity, and I don't carry enough one dollar bills for the former.